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ArticleJournal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARID2023

Virtual reality to foster empathy in disability workers: A feasibility study during COVID-19.

Clare Wilding, Kimberleigh Young, Caroline Cummins, Craig Bowler, Trent Dean, Ali Lakhani, Irene Blackberry

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Article in Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARID, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Clare WildingJohn Richards Centre for Rural Ageing Research, La Trobe Rural Health School, La Trobe University, Wodonga, Victoria, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2467-4264
Kimberleigh YoungJohn Richards Centre for Rural Ageing Research, La Trobe Rural Health School, La Trobe University, Wodonga, Victoria, Australia.
Caroline CumminsMercy Connect, Albury, New South Wales, Australia.
Craig BowlerValley General Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Trent DeanMercy Connect, Albury, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8591-970X
Ali LakhaniPublic Health, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Irene BlackberryJohn Richards Centre for Rural Ageing Research, La Trobe Rural Health School, La Trobe University, Wodonga, Victoria, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4482-4936
La Trobe University · AUAlbury Wodonga Health · AUValley Hospital · US

Funding

Mercy Connect
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundEmpathy is a critical skill required by disability workers. Virtual reality may increase access to staff training to foster empathy.

methodA mixed methods feasibility study investigated a custom-built virtual reality program, IMercyVE, which aimed to immerse a disability worker in a first-person perspective of having intellectual disability. Data were collected through online surveys (n = 9) completed before and after use of IMercyVE, and by videoconference focus groups (n = 6).

resultsQualitative findings included that IMercyVE delivered a novel experience for participants and a distinctive mode of learning that assisted participants to deepen their levels of empathy. Descriptive analyses of the surveys indicated that participants' empathy increased after engaging with IMercyVE.

conclusionsIMercyVE has the potential to be offered as a remotely delivered and flexible staff training modality suitable for building empathy. Further research with a larger sample is warranted.

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COVID-19Intellectual DisabilityVirtual RealityEmpathyFeasibility StudiesHumansdisabilityempathytechnologytrainingvirtual realityworkforce

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PMID36250222
PMCPMC9874843
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